Matthew 20:3
About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
In Context
2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
4‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’
Cross References
Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Matthew 11:16To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to one another:
Mark 15:25It was the third hour when they crucified Him.
Acts 17:17So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.
Hebrews 6:12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 20:2-17
The Labourers in the Vineyard. 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and… Read the whole commentary →